THE naughty ditty that generations of Spanish schoolchildren have sung to one another to the tune of the national anthem is hardly respectful.

西班牙的孩子们在左邻右舍里和着国歌的旋律配上自己编的歌词，变成了一曲曲调皮的小调，丝毫没有歌唱国歌时的神圣之感。

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The sri lankan cabinet has abolished the tamil version of the country's national anthem saying it must be sung now only in the language of the sinhalese majority.

斯里兰卡内阁已取消了该国的泰米尔语版国歌，并且表示现在这首歌曲必须使用僧伽罗语来演唱。

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His heartfelt speech was followed by the Israeli national anthem, sung by the male members of the Knesset choir.

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He has a Japanese girlfriend and has previously driven for Honda - and the race started after the country's national anthem was sung by a choir of schoolgirls from Fukushima, the town devastated in the 11 March tsunami which killed nearly 16, 000 people.

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These include liberal things like letting the national anthem be sung in Tamil (as well as Sinhala), ensuring press freedom, reducing the clout of the army, putting the police under civilian control, cracking down on paramilitary groups that harass Tamils, resolving land disputes and asking if at least individual soldiers committed crimes.

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